NTEC - Bitumen Testing
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UKAS Accredited Bitumen Tests
| Accelerated aging of asphalt binder using a pressurized aging vessel (PAV) |
BSEN 14769:2012 & AASHTO R28-02 |
| Breaking Point of bitumen - Fraass method |
BSEN 12593:2015 |
| Determination of open flash and fire point: Cleveland method |
BSEN ISO 2592:2017 & AASHTO T48-04 |
| Determination of the flexural creep stiffness - bending beam rheometer (BBR) |
BSEN 14771:2012 & AASHTO T313 |
| Determination of viscosity of bitumen using a rotating spindle apparatus/Brookfield viscometers |
BSEN 13302:2018 & AASHTO T316-04 & ASTM D-4402-02 |
| DSR Method: Complex shear modulus and phase angle of bituminous binders |
BSEN 14770:2012 & SHW CI956 08/08 |
| DSR Method: Determining the rheological properties of asphalt binder using a dynamic shear rheometer |
AASHTO T315-05 |
| RTFOT- Determination of the resistance to hardening under the influence of heat and air. |
BSEN 12607-1:2014 & AASHTO T240-03 & ASTM D2872-04 |
| Softening point-ring and ball |
BSEN 1427:2015 & ASTM D36-95 (2000) |
| Solubility of bitumen |
BSEN 12592:2007 |
| Storage stability of modified bitumen |
BSEN13399:2010 |
| Penetration of bitumen |
BSEN 1426:2015 & ASTM D5-05a |
Non Accredited Bitumen Tests
| Ash content |
BSEN 12697-47:2010 & BSEN ISO 6245:2002 |
| Blending bitumen |
In house procedure |
| Blending polymer modified bitumen |
In house procedure |
| Bulb fuming |
In house procedure |
| Bulk density of bituminous specimens |
BSEN 12697-6:Clause 9.2:2012 |
| Density or relative density of bitumen-inc prep |
BSEN ISO3838:2004 |
| Determination of acid or base number. Colour-indicator titration method |
BS 2000-139:1998 |
| Determination of staining tendency of bitumen |
BSEN 13301:2010 |
| Determination of the elastic recovery of modified bitumen |
BSEN 13398:2010 |
| Determination of the paraffin wax content |
BSEN 12606-1:2015 |
| Determination of the tensile properties of modified bitumen by the force ductility method |
BS EN13589:2008 |
| Ductility of bitumen |
ASTM D113-99 |
| Dynamic viscosity of bitumen by vacuum capillary viscometer method |
BSEN 12596:2014 |
| Kinematic viscosity of bitumen |
BSEN 12595:2014 & ASTM D2170-01a |
| Measurement of density and specific gravity of bitumen |
BSEN 15326:2007 + A1:2009 |
| Micro penetration |
In house procedure |
| Spot test of asphaltic materials |
AASHTO T102 |
| Polymer dispersion by microscopy |
In house procedure |
| TFOT-determination of the resistance to hardening under the influence of heat and air |
BSEN12607-2:2014 |
| Weak and strong acid number - potentiometric titration method |
ASTM D664-95 |